INDEX. 



381 



810, 311 ; buried near St. Louis, 

 311; liis death avenged, 312. 

 See Ajtjwndix B. and C. 



Post, Christian Frederic, a Mora- 

 vian missionary, visits tlie Oliio 

 Indians to detach them from tiie 

 French interest, i. 143; extracts 

 from his journal, 144 note; suc- 

 ceeds in his errand, 145. 



Potliier, a Jesuit priest, endeavors 

 to restrain the Wyandots from 

 hostilities, i. 243. 



Poffawaftamips, kindred of the Ojih- 

 was, i. 34 ; located near Detroit, 

 168, 215 ; and near the head of 

 Lake Michigan, 273. 



Presbyterians of Pennsylvania, 

 their stillness of character, ii. 

 84; hated by the Quakers, 128; 

 the Quakers hated by tbem, 

 142; mutual recrimination, 152. 

 See Apptndix E. 



Presqu' Isle, on Lake Erie, fortified 

 by the French, i. 97, 156 ; occu- 

 pied by the English, 165 ; taken 

 by the Indians, 279 ; a false report 

 respecting the capture, ii. 15. 



Price, Ensign George, commander 

 at Fort Le Boeuf, ii. 16 ; his gal- 

 lant but unavailing defence, 17, 

 18 ; arrives at Fort'^Pitt, 16, 20. 



Prideaux, General, killed at Niag- 

 ara, i. 125. 



Prophet, among the Delawares : his 

 wide influence, i. 179 ; excites 

 the Indians to war, ib. ; exhorts 

 them to bury the hatchet, ii. 

 282. 



Q. 



Quakers of Pennsylvania : their 

 treatment of the Indians, i. 80 ; 

 anticipated in their policy by the 

 Puritans of New England, 81 ; 

 their love of the Indians runs 

 to dangerous extremes, 83 ; per- 

 suade the Indians to cease their 

 hostilities, 142 ; Quaker assem- 

 blymen oppose measures of de- 

 fence, and justify the Indians in 

 their raids on the settlements, 

 ii. 95, 103 ; their own security 

 due to their remoteness from the 

 scene of danger, 103 ; the Quakers 

 alarmed at the approach of the 



Paxton men, 137; their dilennna, 

 138 ; they concur in measures 

 tor the defence of Philadelphia, 

 143 ; and thus abandon their fa- 

 vorite principle. 



Quaker principles no security from 

 the tomahawk, ii. 103 7iote. 



Quebec, strongly fortified, i. 126 ; 

 surrenders to the English, 140. 



R. 



Rangers, description of this species 

 of force, i. 161 ; their services, 

 162 ; their reputation, ib. ; a body 

 of them under Rogers sent to 

 take possession of the western 

 posts, 164. 



Rattlesnake superstitiously vener- 

 ated by the Indians, ii. 168 note, 

 248 note. 



RoL-ertson, Captam, murdered by 

 Indians, i. 234. 



Rogers, Major Robert, commander 

 of the Rangers, i. 161 ; described, 

 162 ; wanting in correct moral 

 principle, 163 ; tried for medi- 

 tated treason, ib. ; his miserable 

 end, ib. ; his published works, 

 163, 164 note. See Appendix B. 

 Sent to take possession of the 

 Western posts, 164 ; passes up 

 . Lakes Ontario and Erie, 165 ; 

 his interview with Pontiac, ib. ; 

 his statements respecting the de- 

 temion of two British officers, 

 241, 242 note; his account of 

 Pontiac, 256 ; Rogers and Pon- 

 tiac, 257 ; comes to Detroit with 

 a reinforcement, 307 ; engaged in 

 the fight at Bloody Bridge, 313, 

 316. 



" Royal Americans," a regiment so 

 denominated, ii. 30 ; of what ma- 

 terial composed, ib. 



Rum : a proposal to exterminate 

 the Indians by the free sale of 

 this article, ii. 109 note. 



S. 



Sacs and Foxes, their location, i. 

 362 ; defeated by the French near 

 Detroit, 252 note ; a party of Sacs 

 visit Michillimackinac, 338. 



